Dennis Scimeca
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The Division 2 review — second chances and big wins
The Division 2 is surely the game that fans of The Division wanted to play and that Massive Entertainment wanted to deliver the first time around. → Read More
The 100 Best Original Nintendo Games
The most nostalgic list you'll come across— these are the best original nintendo games. → Read More
State of Decay (Xbox 360)
If Undead Labs really spends as much time thinking about how to realistically survive a zombie outbreak as they claim to, State of Decay should jive with a majority of what The Zombie Survival Guide says. → Read More
Destiny 2 review-in-progress: all the markings of a brilliant sequel
The story of the original Destiny is of a series of expansions that made up for deficiencies as Bungie took its lessons from a passionate fan community. It is clear that the studio took criticism to heart and wove them into the core of Destiny 2. → Read More
Destiny 2’s open-world design may finally plug the endgame gap
“Endgame” is typically a design element that we associate with massively multiplayer online role-playing games like Guild Wars 2, Star Wars: The Old Republic, and World of Warcraft. Endgame content preoccupies a player when narrative content and traditional methods of tracking player progression like leveling have tapped out. It’s the endgame content in an MMO that keeps players online and… → Read More
Destiny 2 is a test: Can Bungie live up to its promises?
Bungie made promises for Destiny that went unfulfilled for years, and clearly wants to avoid a repetition with Destiny 2. → Read More
Rock Band VR review: It’s neat, but it’s not a breakthrough experience
In Rock Band, you pretend to be your favorite music group. In Rock Band VR, you pretend to be a cover band that doesn’t quite get the songs right. → Read More
It’s time to stop doubting virtual reality
Investors, gamers, and game developers who are cold on virtual reality should look to the 2017 Game Developers Conference as confirmation that VR has legs. Developers don’t sound as clueless as they did last year, based on attendance at VR-related panels at GDC 2016 and GDC 2017. The difference is palpable. → Read More
It’s time to stop doubting virtual reality
Investors, gamers, and game developers who are cold on virtual reality should look to the 2017 Game Developers Conference as confirmation that VR has legs. Developers don’t sound as clueless as they did last year, based on attendance at VR-related panels at GDC 2016 and GDC 2017. The difference is palpable. → Read More
It’s time to stop doubting virtual reality
Investors, gamers, and game developers who are cold on virtual reality should look to the 2017 Game Developers Conference as confirmation that VR has legs. Developers don’t sound as clueless as they did last year, based on attendance at VR-related panels at GDC 2016 and GDC 2017. The difference is palpable. View All → Read More
Ranking the best games on the original NES
From ‘The Legend of Zelda’ to ‘Super Mario Bros. 3’ and ‘Final Fantasy,’ here are the best NES games, ranked from worst to best. → Read More
A beginner's guide to Pokémon Go battles
Learn the basics of battling. → Read More
Pokémon Go: A beginner's guide for getting started
Get the most out of Pokémon Go on day one. → Read More
The indie game studio that’s betting it all on virtual reality
It’s the year 2050, and robots have taken over what was once the human labor force. They’ve created a virtual reality simulation to help people remember what it was like “to job.” That’s the premise of Job Simulator: The 2050 Archives, presented in the bright, colorful, cartoonlike graphics that define the games developed by Owlchemy Labs. A demo of Job Simulator offered at the Game Developers… → Read More
The best Fallout 4 mods for Xbox One
How to make Fallout 4 better, without breaking it. → Read More
Don't jump on the Xbox One price drop just yet
Price drops before the major video-game conference strongly suggest impending news. → Read More
This is your brain on virtual reality
You may doubt that you’ll ever fall for the illusion of virtual reality, but your brain is already working against you. Kimberly Voll has a Ph.D. in computer science, specializing in artificial intelligence, and an honors degree in cognitive science. She is also one of the developers of the puzzle game Fantastic Contraption, built in virtual reality for the HTC Vive. Voll knows how your brain… → Read More
Virtual reality horror game The Brookhaven Experiment will scare the s**t out of you
Virtual reality game developers need to be very careful about how they employ horror. → Read More
Valve shows us what it's like to hang out with R2-D2 in virtual reality
New virtual reality demos show what room-scale VR is all about. → Read More
How virtual reality developers are using brain science to trick you
VR developers know how to make your brain think what they want it to think. → Read More